[David Allan Coe:]
I was just warming up to this long-legged girl,
With intentions to please.
[Karen Brooks:]
My blood started rushin',
As he laid his hand on my knee.
[Coe:]
By the look in her eyes,
I thought she'd be easy.
As she smiled and told me her name,
Then she said,
[Brooks:]
I've been here before,
And I know the rules to this game.
I've tried to be cunning.
[Coe:]
I've tried to act naturally mean.
[Brooks:]
You gotta take what fate deals you.
[Coe:]
Maybe this time she's dealt me a queen.
[Both:]
And if you play your cards right,
You'll be with me tonight.
And in the morning you'll still be there.
Play 'em wrong and you'll be sitting,
Across from a cold, empty chair.
[Brooks:]
I sure hope you've got what I need,
So I don't have to look anymore.
[Coe:]
I ain't no king, girl.
[Brooks:]
Well, I've held some jokers before!
[Both:]
As long as we are able,
To lay our cards on the table,
There's no need to shuffle around.
We know how we feel, let's go on and deal.
This looks like the best game in town.
We know how we feel, let's go on and deal.
This looks like the best game in town.
You cut my heart like the cards on the table.
You know the game, do you know the rules?
I'd let you win if I were able.
But how can you win when it's love you'll lose.
I Love Robbin' Banks lyrics - David Allan Coe
Just keep the motor runnin' this won't take very long
By the time the police get here we'll be already gone
We've got to leave 'em hangin' we can't leave 'em no clues
Just take the money and run
Lord I love robbin' banks Lord I love robbin' banks
I always tell the teller thanks Lord I love robbin' banks
I like to holler stick up when I walk through the door
It lets 'em know their safe just isn't safe anymore
I like to see their faces when I show them my gun then take the money and run
Lord I love robbin' banks...
Five'll get you ten she'll push the burglar system
Ten'll get you twenty years on some prison farm
The first thing that I do is make 'em lay on the floor then take the money and run
Lord I love robbin' banks...
Lord I love robbin' banks...
By the time the police get here we'll be already gone
We've got to leave 'em hangin' we can't leave 'em no clues
Just take the money and run
Lord I love robbin' banks Lord I love robbin' banks
I always tell the teller thanks Lord I love robbin' banks
I like to holler stick up when I walk through the door
It lets 'em know their safe just isn't safe anymore
I like to see their faces when I show them my gun then take the money and run
Lord I love robbin' banks...
Five'll get you ten she'll push the burglar system
Ten'll get you twenty years on some prison farm
The first thing that I do is make 'em lay on the floor then take the money and run
Lord I love robbin' banks...
Lord I love robbin' banks...
I've Got Something To Say lyrics - David Allan Coe
I've got something to say, boys
I've got something to say
Just as soon as I can find a way, boys
I've got something to say.
I was standing in a ally one dark lonely night
There were three or four shotguns wanting to fight
Now me and the devil we were seeing the light
Looking for someplace to run
And I said I've got something to say boys
I've got something to say
Just as soon as I can find a way boys
I've got something to say
I caught with a couple of friends
I was just slipping out, they was just slipping in
I was too hurt to laugh, I was to sick to grin
Watching the woman I love
The cop at the gate swore I was insane
Cause me and my pistol tried boarding a plane
Now we were both loaded and its hard to explain
How wed ever gotten that far
I was the first one to get the last laugh
When they said my son was to old for the draft
That's when the government gave me the shaft
Drafted my daughter instead!
I've got something to say
Just as soon as I can find a way, boys
I've got something to say.
I was standing in a ally one dark lonely night
There were three or four shotguns wanting to fight
Now me and the devil we were seeing the light
Looking for someplace to run
And I said I've got something to say boys
I've got something to say
Just as soon as I can find a way boys
I've got something to say
I caught with a couple of friends
I was just slipping out, they was just slipping in
I was too hurt to laugh, I was to sick to grin
Watching the woman I love
The cop at the gate swore I was insane
Cause me and my pistol tried boarding a plane
Now we were both loaded and its hard to explain
How wed ever gotten that far
I was the first one to get the last laugh
When they said my son was to old for the draft
That's when the government gave me the shaft
Drafted my daughter instead!
Back To Atlanta lyrics - David Allan Coe
If she knew that I was here with you
There ain't no doubt about what she would do
So lets get dressed and I'll be on my way
You knew that I was passing through
I never meant to stay.
And I think id better go back to atlanta
Before my conscience makes a fool of me
I never should have stepped across loves mason dixon line
And I think its time to go back to atlanta
I've been on the road for a long long time
She was out of sight and out of mind
But she still wears my ring upon her hand
All that I could be to you is
Just a one night stand
There ain't no doubt about what she would do
So lets get dressed and I'll be on my way
You knew that I was passing through
I never meant to stay.
And I think id better go back to atlanta
Before my conscience makes a fool of me
I never should have stepped across loves mason dixon line
And I think its time to go back to atlanta
I've been on the road for a long long time
She was out of sight and out of mind
But she still wears my ring upon her hand
All that I could be to you is
Just a one night stand
I Could Never Give You Up lyrics - David Allan Coe
Don't you ever doubt my love
Cause you fit me like a glove
And I could never give you up for someone else
Honey, I wont do you wrong
And I've been loving you to long
And I could never give you up for someone else
When it comes to loving, honey
You can sure put out the flame
No other woman ever could
Now ain't that a shame
You lay heavy on my mind
You're the best love I could find
And I could never give you up for someone else
If you ever have to go
Honey, please don't let me know
Cause I could never give you up for someone else
Cause you fit me like a glove
And I could never give you up for someone else
Honey, I wont do you wrong
And I've been loving you to long
And I could never give you up for someone else
When it comes to loving, honey
You can sure put out the flame
No other woman ever could
Now ain't that a shame
You lay heavy on my mind
You're the best love I could find
And I could never give you up for someone else
If you ever have to go
Honey, please don't let me know
Cause I could never give you up for someone else
Take It Easy Rider lyrics - David Allan Coe
Take it easy rider you can make it easy rider
There's no one to stop you, doesn't it look easy rider now?
Take it easy rider you can make it easy rider
There's no one to stop you, doesn't it look easy rider now?
Well I saw my first rodeo in amarillo, texas
Busting broncos is more than just a way to make a living
Horses were like women, they were fast and fancy free
I saw shirley stoker up in pan head west virginia
Her and connie shovelhead was standing in the rain
Both of them were dressers, lord they sure were looking pretty
Motorcycle fever has almost drove me insane
Eighteen were rollin when I climbed up in that ken worth
Me oh my, that semi was the apple of my eye
Horses, trucks and motorcycles sure makes life worth living
Hope I never see the day I kiss them all good bye
There's no one to stop you, doesn't it look easy rider now?
Take it easy rider you can make it easy rider
There's no one to stop you, doesn't it look easy rider now?
Well I saw my first rodeo in amarillo, texas
Busting broncos is more than just a way to make a living
Horses were like women, they were fast and fancy free
I saw shirley stoker up in pan head west virginia
Her and connie shovelhead was standing in the rain
Both of them were dressers, lord they sure were looking pretty
Motorcycle fever has almost drove me insane
Eighteen were rollin when I climbed up in that ken worth
Me oh my, that semi was the apple of my eye
Horses, trucks and motorcycles sure makes life worth living
Hope I never see the day I kiss them all good bye
The Great Nashville Railroad Disaster lyrics - David Allan Coe
one sultry summer morning in the year of 1918
three hundred men with ebony skin
pulled out of union station
heading out of nashville for western tennessee
homeward bound cause uncle sam closed down
the munitions factory.
at that very moment on the cheatham county line
old number one train from memphis
was running way behind
back in the smokey club car a memphis gambling man
said gentleman, I'm folding these cards
cause I drew a dead mans hand!
a young man in a milk truck out near dutchman's grade
said oh my god two trains one track
then he closed his eyes and he prayed
a sister from the orphans home made a cross upon her chest
cause a one iron beast was coming from the east
and another one was coming from the west
the bird flew from the tree tops as the impact shook the ground
the screaming wheels and the grinding steel
could be heard for miles around
now every july 9th a few miles west of town
to this day some folks say
you can hear that mournful sound
three hundred men with ebony skin
pulled out of union station
heading out of nashville for western tennessee
homeward bound cause uncle sam closed down
the munitions factory.
at that very moment on the cheatham county line
old number one train from memphis
was running way behind
back in the smokey club car a memphis gambling man
said gentleman, I'm folding these cards
cause I drew a dead mans hand!
a young man in a milk truck out near dutchman's grade
said oh my god two trains one track
then he closed his eyes and he prayed
a sister from the orphans home made a cross upon her chest
cause a one iron beast was coming from the east
and another one was coming from the west
the bird flew from the tree tops as the impact shook the ground
the screaming wheels and the grinding steel
could be heard for miles around
now every july 9th a few miles west of town
to this day some folks say
you can hear that mournful sound
Hank Williams Junior-Junior lyrics - David Allan Coe
I ain't gonna call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
Even though I know what all his daddy done before
Hank weighs close to 200 pounds and he stands about 6 foot 4
And it's hard to call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
Just a little bit of Waylon sure goes a long way
But old Tex Ritter rode his horse and that was hell to pay
Willie said,"Don't nobody lay a hand on the bay
Jimmie Rodgers is the only reason that I'm standin' here today"
And I ain't gonna call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
Even though I know what all his daddy done before
Hank weighs close to 200 pounds and he stands about 6 foot 4
And it's hard to call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
Dickey betts
Hank sang it all right from the heart, took the whole world by surprise
Stood right next to Elvis in Memphis and looked him straight in the eyes
Ten years later young Bocephus busted through the door
And I just can't call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
I ain't gonna call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
Even though I know what all his daddy done before
Hank weighs close to 200 pounds and he stands about 6 foot 4
And it's hard to call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
From Alabama young Bocephus busted through the door
And I just can't call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
Even though I know what all his daddy done before
Hank weighs close to 200 pounds and he stands about 6 foot 4
And it's hard to call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
Just a little bit of Waylon sure goes a long way
But old Tex Ritter rode his horse and that was hell to pay
Willie said,"Don't nobody lay a hand on the bay
Jimmie Rodgers is the only reason that I'm standin' here today"
And I ain't gonna call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
Even though I know what all his daddy done before
Hank weighs close to 200 pounds and he stands about 6 foot 4
And it's hard to call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
Dickey betts
Hank sang it all right from the heart, took the whole world by surprise
Stood right next to Elvis in Memphis and looked him straight in the eyes
Ten years later young Bocephus busted through the door
And I just can't call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
I ain't gonna call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
Even though I know what all his daddy done before
Hank weighs close to 200 pounds and he stands about 6 foot 4
And it's hard to call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
From Alabama young Bocephus busted through the door
And I just can't call Hank Williams Junior Junior anymore
Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands lyrics - David Allan Coe
When I was a little boy daddy used to say to me, son,
We got a lot of land, we got a lot of work to be done
Go get your marbles, put'em in the house
Tear down your castles in the sand
Come with your poppy to the cotton patch
Get a little dirt on your hands
Get a little dirt on your hands, son
If your gonna grow up to be a big big man
A little dirt on your hands
Well I reached twenty one and I thought I was a pretty big wheel
I left the country for the city, met a slicker with a shady deal
He said hold up the bank boy and take all the money
And run as fast as you can
The only way you'll ever get along in this world
Is to get a little dirt on your hands
Get a little dirt on your hands
Well its four in the morning' and the warden is calling' my name
He said he's teaching' me a lesson now he's making' me go work in the rain
Dig that ditch boy fill it up
I'm wanting' you to understand
The only way to straighten out a guy like you
Is to get a little dirt on your hands
Get a little dirt on your hands
Hey david got to get a little dirt on those hands boy
Yeah if you want to grow up to be a big big man
You better remember what old whispering bill told you in this song
Get a little dirt on those hands
We got a lot of land, we got a lot of work to be done
Go get your marbles, put'em in the house
Tear down your castles in the sand
Come with your poppy to the cotton patch
Get a little dirt on your hands
Get a little dirt on your hands, son
If your gonna grow up to be a big big man
A little dirt on your hands
Well I reached twenty one and I thought I was a pretty big wheel
I left the country for the city, met a slicker with a shady deal
He said hold up the bank boy and take all the money
And run as fast as you can
The only way you'll ever get along in this world
Is to get a little dirt on your hands
Get a little dirt on your hands
Well its four in the morning' and the warden is calling' my name
He said he's teaching' me a lesson now he's making' me go work in the rain
Dig that ditch boy fill it up
I'm wanting' you to understand
The only way to straighten out a guy like you
Is to get a little dirt on your hands
Get a little dirt on your hands
Hey david got to get a little dirt on those hands boy
Yeah if you want to grow up to be a big big man
You better remember what old whispering bill told you in this song
Get a little dirt on those hands
If You'll Hold The Ladder lyrics - David Allan Coe
Baby your the only dream I've ever had come true
There's so much more to reach for thanks to you
Now I can climb this mountain, babe, there was a time id stop
If you'll just hold the ladder baby I'll climb to the top
If you'll just stand beside me all the way
I'll do all the things that didn't matter yesterday, hey
And I'll be everything this man can be before I stop
If you'll just hold the ladder baby I'll climb to the top
Things just started changing with your touch
There's so much more to reach for thanks to you
Now I can climb this mountain, babe, there was a time id stop
If you'll just hold the ladder baby I'll climb to the top
If you'll just stand beside me all the way
I'll do all the things that didn't matter yesterday, hey
And I'll be everything this man can be before I stop
If you'll just hold the ladder baby I'll climb to the top
Things just started changing with your touch
This Bottle lyrics - David Allan Coe
Last week he spent his whole pay check on whiskey
I know friday night he'll do it all again
Oh he'll drink till he falls down
Then he'll order one more round
And then go home with that bottle in his hand
And the only thing I can hold on to
Is this bottle in my hand
I know I'll never have to share it
With any other man
I'm so glad you introduced us
And I'll do the best I can
To be faithful to this bottle in my hand
She told george that changing diapers
Could sure become a drag
And to clean the house and cook for him
Was not her kind of bag
She said she needed someone
Who would love and understand
Then she left him with that bottle in his hand
And the only thing I can hold on to
Is this bottle in my hand
I know I'll never have to share it
With any other man
I'm so glad you introduced us
And I'll do the best I can
I know friday night he'll do it all again
Oh he'll drink till he falls down
Then he'll order one more round
And then go home with that bottle in his hand
And the only thing I can hold on to
Is this bottle in my hand
I know I'll never have to share it
With any other man
I'm so glad you introduced us
And I'll do the best I can
To be faithful to this bottle in my hand
She told george that changing diapers
Could sure become a drag
And to clean the house and cook for him
Was not her kind of bag
She said she needed someone
Who would love and understand
Then she left him with that bottle in his hand
And the only thing I can hold on to
Is this bottle in my hand
I know I'll never have to share it
With any other man
I'm so glad you introduced us
And I'll do the best I can
Take This Job And Shove It lyrics - David Allan Coe
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
Well, I've been working in this factory
Pretty close to 15 years
I've seen some of my best friends women
Drownin' in a pool of tears
I've seen a lot of kinfolks dyin'
I had a lot of bills to pay
Lord, I'd give the shirt right often my back
If I had the guts to say, say what?
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman's done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
The foreman is a regular S.O.B.
And the night boss, he's a fool
He got himself a brand new flattop haircut
Lord, he really thinks that's cool
One of these days I'm gonna blow my top
And that's shockin', he's gonna pay it
Well I can't wait to see their faces
When I get the nerve to say, say what?
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
Well, I've been working in this factory
Pretty close to 15 years
I've seen some of my best friends women
Drownin' in a pool of tears
I've seen a lot of kinfolks dyin'
I had a lot of bills to pay
Lord, I'd give the shirt right often my back
If I had the guts to say, say what?
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman's done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
The foreman is a regular S.O.B.
And the night boss, he's a fool
He got himself a brand new flattop haircut
Lord, he really thinks that's cool
One of these days I'm gonna blow my top
And that's shockin', he's gonna pay it
Well I can't wait to see their faces
When I get the nerve to say, say what?
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
Take this job and shove it
Rollin With The Punches lyrics - David Allan Coe
Lord, I've been talkin when I should have listened
Listening when I should have spoke
Lighting a match to old memories
Sending them all up in smoke
Singing with no one to hear me
Fighting my way to the top
Rolling with all of the punches
Wondering if they'd ever stop
Tearing down walls built in prison
Building up dreams that wont last
Finding the bridges I'm burning
Harder to hide than the past
Making the future look brighter
Fighting my way to the top
Rolling with all of the punches
Wondering if they'd ever stop
Laughing at jokes that aren't funny
Blaming it all on the blues
Taking my chances for freedom
Betting with nothing to lose
Winning on nothing but hunches
Fighting my way to the top
Rolling with all of the punches
Wondering if they'd ever stop
Rolling with all of the punches
Lord, how I wish they would stop!
Listening when I should have spoke
Lighting a match to old memories
Sending them all up in smoke
Singing with no one to hear me
Fighting my way to the top
Rolling with all of the punches
Wondering if they'd ever stop
Tearing down walls built in prison
Building up dreams that wont last
Finding the bridges I'm burning
Harder to hide than the past
Making the future look brighter
Fighting my way to the top
Rolling with all of the punches
Wondering if they'd ever stop
Laughing at jokes that aren't funny
Blaming it all on the blues
Taking my chances for freedom
Betting with nothing to lose
Winning on nothing but hunches
Fighting my way to the top
Rolling with all of the punches
Wondering if they'd ever stop
Rolling with all of the punches
Lord, how I wish they would stop!
On My Feet Again lyrics - David Allan Coe
I spent a lifetime in prison believing id never get over the fall
Busted for first degree I was to blind to see who was to blame for it all
Some said the devil, but god only knows if I put my future in him
Other folks bet that id never get on my feet again
Running and jumping free as a bird just like a child left to play
Freedom was one more thing I took for granted until they took it away
Marriages breakup and some people take up drinking to make them forget
Both of them swearing, neither one caring wishing that they never met
Taking the child away, who cares what children say until they turn into men
Someday you'll see I'm gonna be on my feet again
And I left my stomach in Houston on some surgeons knife but I sleep though it all
In the recovery room fate dealt the cards to soon taking my legs in the fall
Wheel chairs turn into canes till I learned to walk places that I've never been
Now that im free its good to be on my feet again
Busted for first degree I was to blind to see who was to blame for it all
Some said the devil, but god only knows if I put my future in him
Other folks bet that id never get on my feet again
Running and jumping free as a bird just like a child left to play
Freedom was one more thing I took for granted until they took it away
Marriages breakup and some people take up drinking to make them forget
Both of them swearing, neither one caring wishing that they never met
Taking the child away, who cares what children say until they turn into men
Someday you'll see I'm gonna be on my feet again
And I left my stomach in Houston on some surgeons knife but I sleep though it all
In the recovery room fate dealt the cards to soon taking my legs in the fall
Wheel chairs turn into canes till I learned to walk places that I've never been
Now that im free its good to be on my feet again
Fall In Love With You lyrics - David Allan Coe
If I ever needed love, I need it now
Honey, why cant you see me through me
When I pretend that I'm to strong to bend?
This heart can mend a lover or a friend
Stop acting like you never knew me.
How you fantasize, telling little lies
Fairy tales are all you ever see
Don't you realize how you hypnotize
Anyone who's fool enough to look back into your eyes?
And fall in love with you
If I ever wanted someone babe I need you now
Please don't place your self above me
Just out of reach when you could learn to teach
Me to begin loving you again
Why are you doing this to me?
Honey, why cant you see me through me
When I pretend that I'm to strong to bend?
This heart can mend a lover or a friend
Stop acting like you never knew me.
How you fantasize, telling little lies
Fairy tales are all you ever see
Don't you realize how you hypnotize
Anyone who's fool enough to look back into your eyes?
And fall in love with you
If I ever wanted someone babe I need you now
Please don't place your self above me
Just out of reach when you could learn to teach
Me to begin loving you again
Why are you doing this to me?
What Can I Do lyrics - David Allan Coe
I never made it back to Boston
Vie always been a rambling man
But by the time I got to phoenix
She didn't quite fit in my plans
I lost my heart in San Francisco
And found it in the streets of Baltimore.
There must be someone wanting true love
Could it be you?
Hey vie got so much inside me to give
What can I do?
It seemed that rachel's wings got colder
She finally crossed loves cheating line
She fell for some young Dallas cowboy
Hey I never saw the danger signs
Whiskey and women was my weakness
Jack Daniels let me down again.
Vie always been a rambling man
But by the time I got to phoenix
She didn't quite fit in my plans
I lost my heart in San Francisco
And found it in the streets of Baltimore.
There must be someone wanting true love
Could it be you?
Hey vie got so much inside me to give
What can I do?
It seemed that rachel's wings got colder
She finally crossed loves cheating line
She fell for some young Dallas cowboy
Hey I never saw the danger signs
Whiskey and women was my weakness
Jack Daniels let me down again.
Sudden Death lyrics - David Allan Coe
Sudden death, that's what you are
Loving you is like riding in a speeding car
They're fun to drive until you drive em to far
Sudden death, that's what you are!
The way you love me, my heart starts to pumping
Just like a rabbit, hon, you really got me jumping
You must be out for blood the way that you've been humping
I'm just like putty in your hands!
Your kiss of love still lingers here on my lips
You've got electric, honey, in your fingertips
I like the way your hair hangs down to your hips
I'm just like putty in your hands!
Loving you is like riding in a speeding car
They're fun to drive until you drive em to far
Sudden death, that's what you are!
The way you love me, my heart starts to pumping
Just like a rabbit, hon, you really got me jumping
You must be out for blood the way that you've been humping
I'm just like putty in your hands!
Your kiss of love still lingers here on my lips
You've got electric, honey, in your fingertips
I like the way your hair hangs down to your hips
I'm just like putty in your hands!
Fairytale Morning lyrics - David Allan Coe
Its a fairytale morning, the ocean looks turquoise
As if it was painted that way
The waves how they rush from the shore or the island
It carries my vision away
The sun seems to blind that part of my mind
That's searching for yesterdays rhymes
Its the first day of something
And I wonder if it could be love
She lays there and tosses her head on the pillow
She peeks from the blanket to see
She looks like a child but acts like a woman
Whenever she reaches for me
Her touch burns my skin and that makes me frightened
She looks like a photograph there
Its the first day of something
And I wonder if it could be love
Yes, its hard to believe I spent all this time here alone
Trying to forget the heartaches that broke up our home
Now they're gone
Why, she's seen it all, from the start to the fall
She knew id need some place to hide
My wife, she had taking the baby and left me
With all of this hatred inside
She's been my friend, she helped me get over
And now that I'm better I see
The first day of something
And I wonder if it could be love
As if it was painted that way
The waves how they rush from the shore or the island
It carries my vision away
The sun seems to blind that part of my mind
That's searching for yesterdays rhymes
Its the first day of something
And I wonder if it could be love
She lays there and tosses her head on the pillow
She peeks from the blanket to see
She looks like a child but acts like a woman
Whenever she reaches for me
Her touch burns my skin and that makes me frightened
She looks like a photograph there
Its the first day of something
And I wonder if it could be love
Yes, its hard to believe I spent all this time here alone
Trying to forget the heartaches that broke up our home
Now they're gone
Why, she's seen it all, from the start to the fall
She knew id need some place to hide
My wife, she had taking the baby and left me
With all of this hatred inside
She's been my friend, she helped me get over
And now that I'm better I see
The first day of something
And I wonder if it could be love
Seven Mile Bridge lyrics - David Allan Coe
You know, as a child, he heard tell of the seven mile bridge
That connected on marathon shore
Yes, and it was the gateway key west his grandpa
Had told him ten times or more.
The stories of some sailors curse on the bridge
Where it opens to let the boats through
But the natives all laugh at grandpas old stories
And swear that it just isn't true
Now most of them sail across to miami
From the edge of the blue water line
With crawfish and snappers to sell at the market
For money to spend on some wine
They always cross through at the seven mile bridge
Except when the moon comes out full
They're not superstitious they tell you as they are
Repeating that old seaman's rule
Watch out for those outlaws and pirates
Lord knows that they'll steal you blind
Don't mess around with those cutthroats and thieves
They're robbers and killers of time
And there's nothing worse than an old sailors curse
On the seven mile bridge where you find
They're stealing the future and making believe
The past is still somewhere behind
The seven mile bridge, the seven mile bridge
And he found a woman who'd come here from cuba
She gave him a son and a dream
They lived in a conch house somewhere on stock island
With the seven mile bridge in between
Shed spent her nights on the window walk wondering
If he'd safely pull through the storm
While he spent his money on painted up women
And whisky to keep hi blood warm
Then he'd gamble on crab races till he was broke
While she sat up waiting all night
Then felling too guilty to face her and tell her
He'd look for some bully to fight
At the end of the rainbow where the sun always shines
Just south of the seven mile bridge
She waits at the window for signs of his sailboat
And tries not to worried the kids
She sneaks a few drinks from the bottle she hides
From a husband that's to tired to think
With feelings of guilt she picks up the bottle
And pours the remains in the sink
Now she thinks of the men that stare at her boldly
They know she's a woman alone
With fingers that tremble she touches her body
And wishes her man would come home
Now the years pass so quickly for time is a thief
His skin looks like leather by now
His woman's got fat and lost all her beauty
But, lord, she's lived up to her vow
She looks at her son that's going on twenty
He's ready to live his own life
She hopes he can find a sea worthy woman
A sailor sure needs a good wife
Why he's just like his daddy, she thinks as she watches
Him weaving those fish nets all day
Knowing that some time the seven mile bridge
Will take him and lead him astray
He might return his woman would learn
Broke like his daddy and drunk
She wrote down some words on an old piece of sail cloth
Nailed it over his bunk
Why then, she packed his sea bag and filled up his trunk
His new wife would want it that way
Just before the old man shook the younger lads hand
These are the words he did say
That connected on marathon shore
Yes, and it was the gateway key west his grandpa
Had told him ten times or more.
The stories of some sailors curse on the bridge
Where it opens to let the boats through
But the natives all laugh at grandpas old stories
And swear that it just isn't true
Now most of them sail across to miami
From the edge of the blue water line
With crawfish and snappers to sell at the market
For money to spend on some wine
They always cross through at the seven mile bridge
Except when the moon comes out full
They're not superstitious they tell you as they are
Repeating that old seaman's rule
Watch out for those outlaws and pirates
Lord knows that they'll steal you blind
Don't mess around with those cutthroats and thieves
They're robbers and killers of time
And there's nothing worse than an old sailors curse
On the seven mile bridge where you find
They're stealing the future and making believe
The past is still somewhere behind
The seven mile bridge, the seven mile bridge
And he found a woman who'd come here from cuba
She gave him a son and a dream
They lived in a conch house somewhere on stock island
With the seven mile bridge in between
Shed spent her nights on the window walk wondering
If he'd safely pull through the storm
While he spent his money on painted up women
And whisky to keep hi blood warm
Then he'd gamble on crab races till he was broke
While she sat up waiting all night
Then felling too guilty to face her and tell her
He'd look for some bully to fight
At the end of the rainbow where the sun always shines
Just south of the seven mile bridge
She waits at the window for signs of his sailboat
And tries not to worried the kids
She sneaks a few drinks from the bottle she hides
From a husband that's to tired to think
With feelings of guilt she picks up the bottle
And pours the remains in the sink
Now she thinks of the men that stare at her boldly
They know she's a woman alone
With fingers that tremble she touches her body
And wishes her man would come home
Now the years pass so quickly for time is a thief
His skin looks like leather by now
His woman's got fat and lost all her beauty
But, lord, she's lived up to her vow
She looks at her son that's going on twenty
He's ready to live his own life
She hopes he can find a sea worthy woman
A sailor sure needs a good wife
Why he's just like his daddy, she thinks as she watches
Him weaving those fish nets all day
Knowing that some time the seven mile bridge
Will take him and lead him astray
He might return his woman would learn
Broke like his daddy and drunk
She wrote down some words on an old piece of sail cloth
Nailed it over his bunk
Why then, she packed his sea bag and filled up his trunk
His new wife would want it that way
Just before the old man shook the younger lads hand
These are the words he did say
Now's The Time lyrics - David Allan Coe
There ain't nothing like watching your dreams come true
Nothing like turning those grey skies blue
Nothing like doing what you want to do
Unless its fallen in love
Unless its fallen in love you know
There's so many places for your head to go
You don't have to hurry just take it slow
Now's the time to fall in love
There ain't nothing like living on a sailboat
Nothing like setting your dreams afloat
Nothing like taking just one more toke
Unless its fallen in love
There ain't nothing as pretty as the sun going down
Nothing as funny as a circus clown
Nothing like riding on a merry go round
Unless its fallen in love
Nothing like turning those grey skies blue
Nothing like doing what you want to do
Unless its fallen in love
Unless its fallen in love you know
There's so many places for your head to go
You don't have to hurry just take it slow
Now's the time to fall in love
There ain't nothing like living on a sailboat
Nothing like setting your dreams afloat
Nothing like taking just one more toke
Unless its fallen in love
There ain't nothing as pretty as the sun going down
Nothing as funny as a circus clown
Nothing like riding on a merry go round
Unless its fallen in love
Love Is Just A Porpoise lyrics - David Allan Coe
Everybody knows that
I've had my share of fair weather lovers
They always leave just ahead of the rain
Searching for sunshine and looking for pleasure
Two steps ahead of the last hurricane
If this is a chance then I'm gonna take it
Heaven knows I've taking chances before
Its hard to live with your eyes on the sparrow
Unless you first take your feet off the shore
There's not a cloud up in the sky
Give me one good reason why
We should set our sails for somewhere
Other that the sunny side of nowhere
Freedoms in the eagles wings baby
Listen to those seagulls sing, maybe
Love is just a porpoise
Playing in the tropical sun
Let me tell you girl
That ocean get big when your
Halfway across it
And this ship of loves seen
A lot of bad days
Sometimes its harder to row with the current
Most of my life I've just rocked on the waves
If this is a game then I'm gonna play it
I need your love like those sails need wind
Just climb aboard, girl, and pull up the anchor
Now is the time for our love to begin
Woo, there's not a cloud up in the sky
Not a cloud up in the sky
Not a cloud up in the sky
Give me one good reason why
Its a fairy tale morning
I've had my share of fair weather lovers
They always leave just ahead of the rain
Searching for sunshine and looking for pleasure
Two steps ahead of the last hurricane
If this is a chance then I'm gonna take it
Heaven knows I've taking chances before
Its hard to live with your eyes on the sparrow
Unless you first take your feet off the shore
There's not a cloud up in the sky
Give me one good reason why
We should set our sails for somewhere
Other that the sunny side of nowhere
Freedoms in the eagles wings baby
Listen to those seagulls sing, maybe
Love is just a porpoise
Playing in the tropical sun
Let me tell you girl
That ocean get big when your
Halfway across it
And this ship of loves seen
A lot of bad days
Sometimes its harder to row with the current
Most of my life I've just rocked on the waves
If this is a game then I'm gonna play it
I need your love like those sails need wind
Just climb aboard, girl, and pull up the anchor
Now is the time for our love to begin
Woo, there's not a cloud up in the sky
Not a cloud up in the sky
Not a cloud up in the sky
Give me one good reason why
Its a fairy tale morning
Heads Or Tails lyrics - David Allan Coe
Heads or tails, what will it be?
Take your choice, him or me!
Heads or tails, you'll have to choose
Heads you win, tails you lose
Flip the coin, take a chance
Loves a game called romance
East come and easy go
Its your turn, and I've got to know!
Cheating woman, place your bet
What you see is what you get
East come and easy go
Its your turn, and I've got to know!
Take your choice, him or me!
Heads or tails, you'll have to choose
Heads you win, tails you lose
Flip the coin, take a chance
Loves a game called romance
East come and easy go
Its your turn, and I've got to know!
Cheating woman, place your bet
What you see is what you get
East come and easy go
Its your turn, and I've got to know!
Three Time Loser lyrics - David Allan Coe
Once I tried my hand at stealing
Trying to fill that empty feeling
Trying hard to keep from dealing drugs
I was much to young to take it
Back, when it was hard to make it
On the run with a gun
Or with a gang of thugs
Three time loser, its all behind me now
Twice I fell in love and married
Thinking that the past was buried
Funny how those women carried on
Swearing that our love was dying
Like the weeping willow crying
Through the night and every fight
Until our love was gone
Freedom lost and love gone sour
Losing minutes by the hour
To afraid to let my sorrow show
Dying slow from to much drinking
Quitting when I started sinking
To the bottom of the bottle
That's to far to go
Trying to fill that empty feeling
Trying hard to keep from dealing drugs
I was much to young to take it
Back, when it was hard to make it
On the run with a gun
Or with a gang of thugs
Three time loser, its all behind me now
Twice I fell in love and married
Thinking that the past was buried
Funny how those women carried on
Swearing that our love was dying
Like the weeping willow crying
Through the night and every fight
Until our love was gone
Freedom lost and love gone sour
Losing minutes by the hour
To afraid to let my sorrow show
Dying slow from to much drinking
Quitting when I started sinking
To the bottom of the bottle
That's to far to go
Gone (Like) lyrics - David Allan Coe
She's taken to walking alone in the evening
She's taken to sleeping all night in his chair
Together they both had a reason for living
Back when the felling of loving was there
Then she took to dreaming when he wasn't looking
And he took to looking for moments alone
Together they drifted apart from each other
Together they both knew the felling was gone
Gone like the sparrow south for the winter
Gone like the river out to the sea
Gone like the leaves from the trees when its snowing
Gone like the love that they once gave so free
Till he took to starring at his lonesome shadow
And she took to humming the words to some song
They both felt it slipping that feeling of giving
Leaving the feeling of being alone
Each of them reach out for the other
Together they go though the motions alone
Trying to pretend that nothing else matters
Making believe that their love isn't gone
She's taken to sleeping all night in his chair
Together they both had a reason for living
Back when the felling of loving was there
Then she took to dreaming when he wasn't looking
And he took to looking for moments alone
Together they drifted apart from each other
Together they both knew the felling was gone
Gone like the sparrow south for the winter
Gone like the river out to the sea
Gone like the leaves from the trees when its snowing
Gone like the love that they once gave so free
Till he took to starring at his lonesome shadow
And she took to humming the words to some song
They both felt it slipping that feeling of giving
Leaving the feeling of being alone
Each of them reach out for the other
Together they go though the motions alone
Trying to pretend that nothing else matters
Making believe that their love isn't gone
Honey Don't lyrics - David Allan Coe
I've done some rambling down in Mississippi
I've done some time in Tennessee
I server my sentence in a fender twin amplifier
Honey don't you lat that shit on me
Honey don't you lay that shit on me
I paid my dues to the musicians union
Honey don't you lay that shit on slim
I've been a Rodie for satan honey
I was a sound man for the devil you see
Now I'm a guitar with the heart of a banjo
Honey don't you lay that shit on me
I've done some time in Tennessee
I server my sentence in a fender twin amplifier
Honey don't you lat that shit on me
Honey don't you lay that shit on me
I paid my dues to the musicians union
Honey don't you lay that shit on slim
I've been a Rodie for satan honey
I was a sound man for the devil you see
Now I'm a guitar with the heart of a banjo
Honey don't you lay that shit on me
Lost lyrics - David Allan Coe
She's just a tear I used to cry
Long before we said good bye
Now she's just a lady that I used to know
When the bottle took her place
She was a mirror I had to face
And a dream I dared to dream some time ago
I lost her eyes to a whole bunch of pena coladas
After a few margaritas I took all the blame
For drinking Manhattans at tree in the morning I lost her
Between the vodka and gin and the beer and champagne
I lost her lips late one night on a strawberry daiquiri
Jack Daniels, whiskey and rum couldn't help me that time
I lost her arms and her hands to a glass of tequila
I lost her heart and her soul to a bottle of wine
I lost a bet that our love would last forever
Sloe gin and tonic was making my heart hard to find
With two bloody mary's I ran out of vodka this morning
Losing my chances of drinking her off of my mind
Long before we said good bye
Now she's just a lady that I used to know
When the bottle took her place
She was a mirror I had to face
And a dream I dared to dream some time ago
I lost her eyes to a whole bunch of pena coladas
After a few margaritas I took all the blame
For drinking Manhattans at tree in the morning I lost her
Between the vodka and gin and the beer and champagne
I lost her lips late one night on a strawberry daiquiri
Jack Daniels, whiskey and rum couldn't help me that time
I lost her arms and her hands to a glass of tequila
I lost her heart and her soul to a bottle of wine
I lost a bet that our love would last forever
Sloe gin and tonic was making my heart hard to find
With two bloody mary's I ran out of vodka this morning
Losing my chances of drinking her off of my mind
Merle And Me lyrics - David Allan Coe
Back in 1953
We stole a car old merle and me
Never thinking wed be put in jail
You might say that we were green
I was barely seventeen
When they put those bars between old merle and me
Late one night we hit the wall
Twenty feet we had to fall
To the ground where we could craw into the weeds
Waiting for that shotgun blast
Never thinking we could last
We sure had to grow up fast, old merle and me
We were young and crazy then
It was easy to pretend
Acting like wed never been in reform school
Looking danger in the eye
Walking with our heads held high
We were not afraid to die, old merle and me
We were living by the gun
Never caring what wed done
Swearing it was all just fun and games you know
We would die and go to hell
Before we broke our vow to tell
How we escaped that prison cell. old merle and me
How was merle or me to know
We would end up on death row
Waiting for our turn in the electric chair
Shot down in a grocery store
We got busted at the door
Praying wasn't easy for old merle and me
We stole a car old merle and me
Never thinking wed be put in jail
You might say that we were green
I was barely seventeen
When they put those bars between old merle and me
Late one night we hit the wall
Twenty feet we had to fall
To the ground where we could craw into the weeds
Waiting for that shotgun blast
Never thinking we could last
We sure had to grow up fast, old merle and me
We were young and crazy then
It was easy to pretend
Acting like wed never been in reform school
Looking danger in the eye
Walking with our heads held high
We were not afraid to die, old merle and me
We were living by the gun
Never caring what wed done
Swearing it was all just fun and games you know
We would die and go to hell
Before we broke our vow to tell
How we escaped that prison cell. old merle and me
How was merle or me to know
We would end up on death row
Waiting for our turn in the electric chair
Shot down in a grocery store
We got busted at the door
Praying wasn't easy for old merle and me
Loving Her (Will Make You Lose Your Mind) lyrics - David Allan Coe
She's everything you look for in that kind of woman
Shell drink whiskey and dance till the champagnes all gone
Shell be right there when the air from the ocean is calling
Telling you, sailor beware! Something is wrong!
But touching her might make you lose your blues tonight
Holding her might stop the pain in time
Kissing her might take away the loneliness you fell
But loving her will make you lose your mind
Just like the moon and the stars shell be gone in the morning
Leaving you empty and drained, like the tide you'll be low
Looking for something to take that will make it all better
You'll try to buy her with presents, but sailor I know.
Shell drink whiskey and dance till the champagnes all gone
Shell be right there when the air from the ocean is calling
Telling you, sailor beware! Something is wrong!
But touching her might make you lose your blues tonight
Holding her might stop the pain in time
Kissing her might take away the loneliness you fell
But loving her will make you lose your mind
Just like the moon and the stars shell be gone in the morning
Leaving you empty and drained, like the tide you'll be low
Looking for something to take that will make it all better
You'll try to buy her with presents, but sailor I know.
The Fish Aren't Bitin' Today lyrics - David Allan Coe
Take the jib sail down boys take the jib sail down
Turn this ship around boys before we run aground
The fish aren't biting today boys fish aren't biting today
I'm gonna lay on my bunk and get drunk as a skunk
Cause the fish aren't biting today
There's six foot waves and my stomach craves
Some good old antiguan rum
I put some away for a rainy day
And the rain she's starting to come now
There's a northern wind and the lights are dim
Like a good fresh cuban cigar
I got me a hutch where there might be a bunch
In the captions pickle jar, so.
Turn this ship around boys before we run aground
The fish aren't biting today boys fish aren't biting today
I'm gonna lay on my bunk and get drunk as a skunk
Cause the fish aren't biting today
There's six foot waves and my stomach craves
Some good old antiguan rum
I put some away for a rainy day
And the rain she's starting to come now
There's a northern wind and the lights are dim
Like a good fresh cuban cigar
I got me a hutch where there might be a bunch
In the captions pickle jar, so.
X's And O's (Kisses And Hugs) lyrics - David Allan Coe
Deliver de letter de sooner de better
The upside down stamp meant the kisses were wetter
I.S.Y.I.M.D., I'll see you in my dreams, honey
T.S., T.S., T.S.A., S.W.A.K
X's and O's who knows what all of that means?
P.P.D.S.P.E.M.R.M.F.O.B.T. must have took
Lots of hours for you to see
What I was saying back then when we were still green
P.M.P.M.D.S.O.F.'s not hard at all
Please Mr. Post Man don't stumble or fall
I still remember what M.B.D.D.F.C. means
S.W.P.A.P. was a twister
Sprinkled with powder and perfume, my sister took
Two days to figure out sweet dreams forever sweet dreams
S.D.F.S.D. had her seeing double
The envelope looked like a good Chinese puzzle
Yes I got those letters you wrote me when we were fifteen
By younger son and the oldest son
Deliver de letter de sooner de better
The upside down stamp meant the kisses were wetter
I.S.Y.I.M.D., I'll see you in my dreams, honey
T.S., T.S., T.S.A., S.W.A.K
X's and O's who knows what all of that means?
P.P.D.S.P.E.M.R.M.F.O.B.T. must have took
Lots of hours for you to see
What I was saying back then when we were still green
P.M.P.M.D.S.O.F.'s not hard at all
Please Mr. Post Man don't stumble or fall
I still remember what M.B.D.D.F.C. means
S.W.P.A.P. was a twister
Sprinkled with powder and perfume, my sister took
Two days to figure out sweet dreams forever sweet dreams
S.D.F.S.D. had her seeing double
The envelope looked like a good Chinese puzzle
Yes I got those letters you wrote me when we were fifteen
Deliver de letter de sooner de better
The upside down stamp meant the kisses were wetter
I.S.Y.I.M.D., I'll see you in my dreams, honey
T.S., T.S., T.S.A., S.W.A.K
The upside down stamp meant the kisses were wetter
I.S.Y.I.M.D., I'll see you in my dreams, honey
T.S., T.S., T.S.A., S.W.A.K
X's and O's who knows what all of that means?
P.P.D.S.P.E.M.R.M.F.O.B.T. must have took
Lots of hours for you to see
What I was saying back then when we were still green
P.M.P.M.D.S.O.F.'s not hard at all
Please Mr. Post Man don't stumble or fall
I still remember what M.B.D.D.F.C. means
S.W.P.A.P. was a twister
Sprinkled with powder and perfume, my sister took
Two days to figure out sweet dreams forever sweet dreams
S.D.F.S.D. had her seeing double
The envelope looked like a good Chinese puzzle
Yes I got those letters you wrote me when we were fifteen
By younger son and the oldest son
Deliver de letter de sooner de better
The upside down stamp meant the kisses were wetter
I.S.Y.I.M.D., I'll see you in my dreams, honey
T.S., T.S., T.S.A., S.W.A.K
X's and O's who knows what all of that means?
P.P.D.S.P.E.M.R.M.F.O.B.T. must have took
Lots of hours for you to see
What I was saying back then when we were still green
P.M.P.M.D.S.O.F.'s not hard at all
Please Mr. Post Man don't stumble or fall
I still remember what M.B.D.D.F.C. means
S.W.P.A.P. was a twister
Sprinkled with powder and perfume, my sister took
Two days to figure out sweet dreams forever sweet dreams
S.D.F.S.D. had her seeing double
The envelope looked like a good Chinese puzzle
Yes I got those letters you wrote me when we were fifteen
Deliver de letter de sooner de better
The upside down stamp meant the kisses were wetter
I.S.Y.I.M.D., I'll see you in my dreams, honey
T.S., T.S., T.S.A., S.W.A.K
Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) lyrics - David Allan Coe
Would you lay with me in a field of stone
If my needs were strong would you lay with me
Should my lips grow dry would you wet them dear
In the midnight hour if my lips were dry
Would you go away to another land
Walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
Wipe the blood away from my dying hand if I give myself to you
Would you bathe with me in the stream of life
When the moon is full will you bathe with me
Will you still love me when I'm down and out
In my time of trials will you stand by me
Would you go away...
Would you lay with me in a field of stone
If my needs were strong would you lay with me
If my needs were strong would you lay with me
Should my lips grow dry would you wet them dear
In the midnight hour if my lips were dry
Would you go away to another land
Walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
Wipe the blood away from my dying hand if I give myself to you
Would you bathe with me in the stream of life
When the moon is full will you bathe with me
Will you still love me when I'm down and out
In my time of trials will you stand by me
Would you go away...
Would you lay with me in a field of stone
If my needs were strong would you lay with me
If This Is Just A Game lyric - David Allan Coe
If I give my love to you girl, will I get love in return
Or will I just get a fire, for as long as it will burn?
I'm not looking for a lover, I don't even want a friend
I want this to last forever, and forever never ends.
Don't tell me lies or hypnotize me with your eyes
While saying that you need me
If this is just a one night stand
I'd rather turn around and walk away.
Don't hold me in your arms and run your fingers thought my hair
If you don't love me
If this is just a game, well, honey
I don't think I really care to play.
I've trusted you before, babe (trusted you) and you always let me down
I came back to you believing I was more than just your clown
You say it will be different (this time) this time your love is real
Honey, don't make me believe you, if that ain't the way you feel.
Or will I just get a fire, for as long as it will burn?
I'm not looking for a lover, I don't even want a friend
I want this to last forever, and forever never ends.
Don't tell me lies or hypnotize me with your eyes
While saying that you need me
If this is just a one night stand
I'd rather turn around and walk away.
Don't hold me in your arms and run your fingers thought my hair
If you don't love me
If this is just a game, well, honey
I don't think I really care to play.
I've trusted you before, babe (trusted you) and you always let me down
I came back to you believing I was more than just your clown
You say it will be different (this time) this time your love is real
Honey, don't make me believe you, if that ain't the way you feel.
You Can Count On Me lyrics - David Allan Coe
You can count on me, girl, you can count on me
I won't ever let you down, you can count on me
You say you want a working man
To bring the money home
Someone to be good to you
And never do you wrong
A man that wants to settle down
And put his feet on solid ground
You want a love that's safe and sound
You can count on me.
You say you're looking for a man
To be there when you call
Someone who will stand by you
And never let you fall
A man that you can call your own
A man that you can trust alone
To love when the children's grown
You can count on me.
I won't ever let you down, you can count on me
You say you want a working man
To bring the money home
Someone to be good to you
And never do you wrong
A man that wants to settle down
And put his feet on solid ground
You want a love that's safe and sound
You can count on me.
You say you're looking for a man
To be there when you call
Someone who will stand by you
And never let you fall
A man that you can call your own
A man that you can trust alone
To love when the children's grown
You can count on me.
Mississippi River Queen lyrics - David Allan Coe
Hey, California you don't know me
New York city you can't show me
Anything I haven't seen at least a hundred times before
I still love you, New Orleans, Mississippi river queen
'cause when it comes to loving' you beat all I've ever seen!
And I've seen a lot of ladies in my time
I've had me a few women that were fine
Ah, but I don't need no city woman messing' with my mind
So goodbye San Francisco girl, I'm leaving' you behind.
And I've had some senoritas down in Mexico
I met a few potatoes up in Idaho
I've had a few peaches in Georgia and that San Antoine rose
If the good lord made any better
That you he's the only one who knows
New York city you can't show me
Anything I haven't seen at least a hundred times before
I still love you, New Orleans, Mississippi river queen
'cause when it comes to loving' you beat all I've ever seen!
And I've seen a lot of ladies in my time
I've had me a few women that were fine
Ah, but I don't need no city woman messing' with my mind
So goodbye San Francisco girl, I'm leaving' you behind.
And I've had some senoritas down in Mexico
I met a few potatoes up in Idaho
I've had a few peaches in Georgia and that San Antoine rose
If the good lord made any better
That you he's the only one who knows
Tomorrow Is Another Day lyrics - David Allan Coe
Yes, the roof leaks and the bed she squeak
And the rent is due in just two more weeks
Now I just want to go back to sleep
Tomorrows another day
Oh the palm trees sway to and fro
I think ill just sit and watch the coconuts grow
Its hard to get high when your felling so low
And tomorrows another day
Well the mainsail broke on my fishing boat
And its almost time for my rum and coke
Ill fix it as soon as I have a smoke
Tomorrows another day yeah
So you go at night with your lantern bright
And you sit on the bridge and you get half tight
Ah tonight you cant get the fish to bite
But tomorrows another day, yeah yeah
[Spoken:]
Tomorrows another day
You know what I mean son?
I want to go fishing and swimming
Looking at the pretty girls
On the beaches, son
I don't want to do no work!
And the rent is due in just two more weeks
Now I just want to go back to sleep
Tomorrows another day
Oh the palm trees sway to and fro
I think ill just sit and watch the coconuts grow
Its hard to get high when your felling so low
And tomorrows another day
Well the mainsail broke on my fishing boat
And its almost time for my rum and coke
Ill fix it as soon as I have a smoke
Tomorrows another day yeah
So you go at night with your lantern bright
And you sit on the bridge and you get half tight
Ah tonight you cant get the fish to bite
But tomorrows another day, yeah yeah
[Spoken:]
Tomorrows another day
You know what I mean son?
I want to go fishing and swimming
Looking at the pretty girls
On the beaches, son
I don't want to do no work!
Human Emotions lyrics - David Allan Coe
Lonesome, crying heartaches
That's human emotions
I never knew, lord
Till she went away
Begging, pleading, forgiveness
That's human emotions
Threes nothing as lonesome
As hearing her say
She don't mean to hurt me
She just wants her freedom
Revenge ain't worth having
When it comes so slow
Vie hurt her to much now
For her to get even
Even if leaving
Means no place to go
She packed up her suitcase
Along with the babies
But she left her paintings
They hang on the wall
Its her way of telling me
Just what ill be missing
Missing hers something
I hate most of all
That's human emotions
I never knew, lord
Till she went away
Begging, pleading, forgiveness
That's human emotions
Threes nothing as lonesome
As hearing her say
She don't mean to hurt me
She just wants her freedom
Revenge ain't worth having
When it comes so slow
Vie hurt her to much now
For her to get even
Even if leaving
Means no place to go
She packed up her suitcase
Along with the babies
But she left her paintings
They hang on the wall
Its her way of telling me
Just what ill be missing
Missing hers something
I hate most of all
Love's Cheatin' Line lyrics - David Allan Coe
Yep, she finally crossed over love's cheatin' line
If she mean to hurt me, she's done it this time
My best friend has loved her right out of my mind
She's finally crossed over love's cheatin' line
Yep, she finally crossed over lovers cheatin' line
It's hard to imagine that I've been so blind
Well, nobody could have told me that she was that kind
She finally crossed over lover's cheating line
Now listen to me, girl, it's true that I left her left her alone
And some folks will tell you I done her wrong
And I see the pity from all of my friends
It's hard to believe, Lord, the way true love ends
She finally crossed over love's cheatin' line
Guess I should have noticed those old danger signs
This bottles gonna help me to get her off my mind
She finally crossed over love's cheatin' line
If she mean to hurt me, she's done it this time
My best friend has loved her right out of my mind
She's finally crossed over love's cheatin' line
Yep, she finally crossed over lovers cheatin' line
It's hard to imagine that I've been so blind
Well, nobody could have told me that she was that kind
She finally crossed over lover's cheating line
Now listen to me, girl, it's true that I left her left her alone
And some folks will tell you I done her wrong
And I see the pity from all of my friends
It's hard to believe, Lord, the way true love ends
She finally crossed over love's cheatin' line
Guess I should have noticed those old danger signs
This bottles gonna help me to get her off my mind
She finally crossed over love's cheatin' line
Whiskey And Women lyrics - David Allan Coe
I've got this weakness for women and whiskey
Its something I just cant control
I've tried hard to shake it with out any luck
It keeps burning deep in my soul
I thought you could change things and while you were with me
I never loved no one but you
But its gonna take more that whisky and women
To make me forget that were through
Baby, sometimes at night when I reach out to touch you
I wake up chilled to the bone
There is so many things I cant get used to
Specially being alone
I built my whole world around you and now that your gone
I don't know what to do
But its gonna take more that whisky and women
To make me forget that were through
I found me a woman to lay down beside me
She offered her body and soul
And I took them hoping for some silly reason
Shed help me regain self control
I left like a thief in the night when the first light of dawn
Turned the grey skies to blue
I sobered up knowing shed never be able
To make me forget that were through
Its something I just cant control
I've tried hard to shake it with out any luck
It keeps burning deep in my soul
I thought you could change things and while you were with me
I never loved no one but you
But its gonna take more that whisky and women
To make me forget that were through
Baby, sometimes at night when I reach out to touch you
I wake up chilled to the bone
There is so many things I cant get used to
Specially being alone
I built my whole world around you and now that your gone
I don't know what to do
But its gonna take more that whisky and women
To make me forget that were through
I found me a woman to lay down beside me
She offered her body and soul
And I took them hoping for some silly reason
Shed help me regain self control
I left like a thief in the night when the first light of dawn
Turned the grey skies to blue
I sobered up knowing shed never be able
To make me forget that were through
Jack Daniel's, If You Please lyrics - David Allan Coe
Jack Daniels if you please knock me to my knees
Your the only friend there's has ever been
That didn't do me wrong
Jack Daniels if you please knock me to my knees
You can kill this pain that's driving me insane
Since my babies gone
Cigarettes and whiskey calm my shaking hands
I just lost a lover to a one night stand
Something temporary to late I had to learn
It wasn't meant to last, I lost her to the past
A bridge she couldn't burn
Promises were broken dreams were to die
Empty words were spoken tears were in our eyes
Something temporary those fears will fade away
Please do the best you can to help me understand
These games that people play
Your the only friend there's has ever been
That didn't do me wrong
Jack Daniels if you please knock me to my knees
You can kill this pain that's driving me insane
Since my babies gone
Cigarettes and whiskey calm my shaking hands
I just lost a lover to a one night stand
Something temporary to late I had to learn
It wasn't meant to last, I lost her to the past
A bridge she couldn't burn
Promises were broken dreams were to die
Empty words were spoken tears were in our eyes
Something temporary those fears will fade away
Please do the best you can to help me understand
These games that people play
Suicide lyrics - David Allan Coe
Standing in the bathroom with a gun in my hand
Pulling on the trigger just as fast as I can
I can hear her scream as she reaches for the lover beside her
Married by the bible she was only sixteen
I was fresh from prison trying to follow my dream
Who'd ever thought id be the judge and the jury that tried her?
Blood splattered all over the wall
The gun still smoking as I watch it fall
I run through the door while the sirens blow out on the highway
Maybe they'll catch me and maybe they wont
It really doesn't matter I just had to do things my way
Yeah yeah
I might just commit suicide
Yeah yeah
He's the only man that I trusted with my life
I cant understand why he ran off with my wife
Now that they're dead what's gonna happen to the baby?
The state will have to raise her just the way they did me
Her mother wanted freedom and I just set her free
She should have never let me see that she was no longer a lady
She called out my name just before she died
She swore she loved me and I almost cried
With trembling hands I reached out and tried to save her
Cheating is something I can understand
But not when its cheating with my best friend
She betrayed the love and the baby I gave her
Pulling on the trigger just as fast as I can
I can hear her scream as she reaches for the lover beside her
Married by the bible she was only sixteen
I was fresh from prison trying to follow my dream
Who'd ever thought id be the judge and the jury that tried her?
Blood splattered all over the wall
The gun still smoking as I watch it fall
I run through the door while the sirens blow out on the highway
Maybe they'll catch me and maybe they wont
It really doesn't matter I just had to do things my way
Yeah yeah
I might just commit suicide
Yeah yeah
He's the only man that I trusted with my life
I cant understand why he ran off with my wife
Now that they're dead what's gonna happen to the baby?
The state will have to raise her just the way they did me
Her mother wanted freedom and I just set her free
She should have never let me see that she was no longer a lady
She called out my name just before she died
She swore she loved me and I almost cried
With trembling hands I reached out and tried to save her
Cheating is something I can understand
But not when its cheating with my best friend
She betrayed the love and the baby I gave her
Family Album lyrics - David Allan Coe
On Sunday after church there'd always be a picnic
There'd be kinfolks callin' until dawn
Me I'd play the guitar and my Uncle Merle would sing
And grandpa he'd play that fiddle all night long
Now the women folk they would work out in the kitchen
You could smell that food for miles and miles around
Paw he was prayin' my brother Jack would bring him down some moonshine
Just so's that he could warsh those viddle down
As soon as all the kids got tired of playin' horseshoes
Mama she'd call me over to her side
You know she'd say I'd like to take some pictures
You could see her face light up with pride
And then she'd bring out that worn out family album
Its faded pictures some with corners torn
She'd laugh and poin and tell me funny stories
And look she'd say why that's the day that you were born
And I'd sit and reminisce each picture with her
And I'd listen to her laughter and her sighs
But underneath I knew how much I'd hurt her
For I'd put teardrops in my mama's eyes
In my mama's eyes I've never done a wrong thing
I was still a baby in my mama's eyes
That old family album she'll keep on her night stand
Right next to the Bible until the day she dies
Through all those years in prison she stuck by me
And she came to visit anytime she could
Well I remember at my trial when she testified she loved me
And she told the judge I'd always been so good
Then later through the fame she watched me blossom
From just a local country singer to a great big star
She listened to all my records for the hidden meanings
And she came to hear me sing in all those dim lit bars
And she read all the things they wrote about me
But she knew deep in her heart that it was lies
No she don't hide her head in shame when someone says my name
You'll find no teardrops in my mama's eyes
In my mama's eyes...
Right next to the Bible until the day she dies
There'd be kinfolks callin' until dawn
Me I'd play the guitar and my Uncle Merle would sing
And grandpa he'd play that fiddle all night long
Now the women folk they would work out in the kitchen
You could smell that food for miles and miles around
Paw he was prayin' my brother Jack would bring him down some moonshine
Just so's that he could warsh those viddle down
As soon as all the kids got tired of playin' horseshoes
Mama she'd call me over to her side
You know she'd say I'd like to take some pictures
You could see her face light up with pride
And then she'd bring out that worn out family album
Its faded pictures some with corners torn
She'd laugh and poin and tell me funny stories
And look she'd say why that's the day that you were born
And I'd sit and reminisce each picture with her
And I'd listen to her laughter and her sighs
But underneath I knew how much I'd hurt her
For I'd put teardrops in my mama's eyes
In my mama's eyes I've never done a wrong thing
I was still a baby in my mama's eyes
That old family album she'll keep on her night stand
Right next to the Bible until the day she dies
Through all those years in prison she stuck by me
And she came to visit anytime she could
Well I remember at my trial when she testified she loved me
And she told the judge I'd always been so good
Then later through the fame she watched me blossom
From just a local country singer to a great big star
She listened to all my records for the hidden meanings
And she came to hear me sing in all those dim lit bars
And she read all the things they wrote about me
But she knew deep in her heart that it was lies
No she don't hide her head in shame when someone says my name
You'll find no teardrops in my mama's eyes
In my mama's eyes...
Right next to the Bible until the day she dies
Million Dollar Memories lyrics - David Allan Coe
Those rhinestones turned to diamonds and those diamonds soon got old
I had everything that you could buy to have but not to hold
But all that glitters is not gold and when love's lost it's shine
I had million dollar memories down to my last dime
Million dollar memories down to my last dime
Honky tonks and whiskey Lord they'll do it every time
The day she found another I almost lost my mind
And my million dollar memories are down to my last dime
(Play it Pig)
Those limosines and chauffers they soon fell by the way
Like that mansion down in Dallas Lord I lost the other day
Happiness is gone now there's nothing left but time
And my million dollar memories are down to my last dime
Million dollar memories...
Yes my million dollar memories are down to my last dime
(Think about that honey)
I had everything that you could buy to have but not to hold
But all that glitters is not gold and when love's lost it's shine
I had million dollar memories down to my last dime
Million dollar memories down to my last dime
Honky tonks and whiskey Lord they'll do it every time
The day she found another I almost lost my mind
And my million dollar memories are down to my last dime
(Play it Pig)
Those limosines and chauffers they soon fell by the way
Like that mansion down in Dallas Lord I lost the other day
Happiness is gone now there's nothing left but time
And my million dollar memories are down to my last dime
Million dollar memories...
Yes my million dollar memories are down to my last dime
(Think about that honey)
Divers Do It Deeper lyrics - David Allan Coe
It was too cold to stay
In the north and la
Seemed the most likely place I could stay
Those malibu nights
And those hollywood lights
Were blinding me
I long for a lover
To help me discover
The key to unlock love's door
While diving the reef's for
She changed my beliefs
As we made love on the ocean's floor
Divers do it deeper
Jockeys do it shorter
Brick layers always make just a little bit stronger
Stronger
Sailors do it wetter
Soldiers do it better
But cowboys stay in the saddle just a little bit longer
I moved from la
For a good job with pay
Riding range for the double bar j
Till' the rodeo came
And I put in my name
For the bull riding contest that day
The judges were watching
But they never noticed the girl
Standing close to my chute
She picked me to win
I could tell by her grin
As she reached out
And patted my boot
Divers do it deeper
Pilots do it higher
Brick layers always make it just a little bit stronger
Doctors do it cleaner
Bikers do it meaner
Cowboys stay in the saddle just a little bit longer
Divers do it deeper
Jockeys do it shorter
Brick layers always make it just a little bit stronger
Sailors do it wetter
Soldiers do it better
Cowboys stay in the saddle just a little bit longer
In the north and la
Seemed the most likely place I could stay
Those malibu nights
And those hollywood lights
Were blinding me
I long for a lover
To help me discover
The key to unlock love's door
While diving the reef's for
She changed my beliefs
As we made love on the ocean's floor
Divers do it deeper
Jockeys do it shorter
Brick layers always make just a little bit stronger
Stronger
Sailors do it wetter
Soldiers do it better
But cowboys stay in the saddle just a little bit longer
I moved from la
For a good job with pay
Riding range for the double bar j
Till' the rodeo came
And I put in my name
For the bull riding contest that day
The judges were watching
But they never noticed the girl
Standing close to my chute
She picked me to win
I could tell by her grin
As she reached out
And patted my boot
Divers do it deeper
Pilots do it higher
Brick layers always make it just a little bit stronger
Doctors do it cleaner
Bikers do it meaner
Cowboys stay in the saddle just a little bit longer
Divers do it deeper
Jockeys do it shorter
Brick layers always make it just a little bit stronger
Sailors do it wetter
Soldiers do it better
Cowboys stay in the saddle just a little bit longer
Guilty Footsteps lyrics - David Allan Coe
The key turns in the door the boards squeak on the floor
And guilty footsteps linger on the hall
I'd fight but I'm too weak pretending I'm asleep
While hearing guilty footsteps in the hall
Guilty footsteps always wake me up at night when she comes in
Guilty footsteps tiptoe through my mind they tell me where she's been
True love has no pride but he's not satisfied
Unless he has her at his beck and call
I know now how he works so I'll fight dirt with dirt
To stop those guilty footsteps in the hall
Guilty footsteps always wake me up at night when she comes in
Guilty footsteps tiptoe through my mind they tell me where she's been
The next time she comes home she'll find herself alone
Then she can read the writing on the wall
I wonder if she'll take it or if she'll try to fake it
When she hears my guilty footsteps in the hall
Oh when she hears my guilty footsteps in the hall
Take This Job And Shove It lyrics - David Allan Coe
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
Well, I've been working in this factory
Pretty close to 15 years
I've seen some of my best friends women
Drownin' in a pool of tears
I've seen a lot of kinfolks dyin'
I had a lot of bills to pay
Lord, I'd give the shirt right often my back
If I had the guts to say, say what?
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman's done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
The foreman is a regular S.O.B.
And the night boss, he's a fool
He got himself a brand new flattop haircut
Lord, he really thinks that's cool
One of these days I'm gonna blow my top
And that's shockin', he's gonna pay it
Well I can't wait to see their faces
When I get the nerve to say, say what?
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
Well, I've been working in this factory
Pretty close to 15 years
I've seen some of my best friends women
Drownin' in a pool of tears
I've seen a lot of kinfolks dyin'
I had a lot of bills to pay
Lord, I'd give the shirt right often my back
If I had the guts to say, say what?
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman's done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
The foreman is a regular S.O.B.
And the night boss, he's a fool
He got himself a brand new flattop haircut
Lord, he really thinks that's cool
One of these days I'm gonna blow my top
And that's shockin', he's gonna pay it
Well I can't wait to see their faces
When I get the nerve to say, say what?
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all of the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
Take this job and shove it
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